Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU

We're partnering with a global health‑tech scale‑up with roots in South Africa, architecting resilient cloud platforms for AI-powered healthcare systems. These environments support production workloads where uptime, security, compliance, and scalability are mission critical.

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and strengthen the infrastructure layer — leading cloud architecture, Kubernetes operations, deployment automation, and security posture.

This is a high-impact role for someone who wants to build serious systems, not just maintain them. If you thrive on reliability, automation, and engineering environments that need to perform under pressure, this is worth your attention.

WHAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING

• GCP infrastructure across IAM, Cloud SQL, GCS, networking, monitoring, and access controls
• Kubernetes environments on GKE including cluster health, scaling, and container lifecycle management
• Terraform-managed infrastructure and repeatable environment provisioning
• CI/CD pipelines that accelerate delivery while protecting production stability
• Secure secrets management, audit logging, and operational governance controls
• High-availability systems supporting data-intensive and AI workloads
• Infrastructure aligned to HIPAA, SOC2, and healthcare-grade security expectations

OUR REQUIRED EXPERTISE

• 5+ years relevant industry experience with strong hands-on experience with GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform
• Experience building and operating production CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred)
• Strong understanding of networking, IAM, security controls, and secrets management
• Experience running systems at scale, including performance-sensitive workloads
• Exposure to HIPAA, SOC2, or regulated environments with audit requirements
• Strong troubleshooting ability across infrastructure, deployments, and production incidents
• Engineering mindset focused on automation, resilience, and continuous improvement
• Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related technical field

YOUR REWARD

• Architect the cloud platform powering next-generation AI in healthcare
• Your work will directly enable secure, compliant, and scalable systems that clinicians and healthcare organisations can depend on
• Join a fast-moving environment with meaningful ownership, complex technical challenges, and infrastructure that truly matters
• This is an opportunity to build future-proof platforms where reliability, security, and scale are non-negotiable
• Hybrid/Flexible working based out of Stellenbosch Western Cape
• Competitive salary + Perks

For more roles, please have a look at our website (www.60degrees.com). or follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/10287263/)